I am writing today to announce the closure of the New Mexico Independent. After three and a half years of operation in New Mexico, the board of the American Independent News Network, has decided to shift publication of its news…
While environmental activists played their part yesterday during demonstrations at the capitol building, going so far as to dress up as solar panels and to sing the tune of “You Are My Sunshine,” their counterparts, the anti-cap-and-trade contingency who has…
Roughly one quarter of University of New Mexico students are unimpressed with the state’s flagship public school, according to a survey that questioned college students about their higher education experiences.
Obama’s plan to send 1,200 more troops to help with border security met with the approval of New Mexico’s Congressional delegation, but American Civil Liberties Union Arizona, California, New Mexico and Texas don’t agree.
“The Administration is buying into an electoral political rhetoric that claims an interest in border enforcement first, before the dialogue on a fair and just immigration reform has even been considered,” Vicki B. Gaubeca, director of the ACLU of New Mexico Regional Center for Border Rights, said Wednesday. ”The truth is that there have never been more federal resources and technologies placed at the U.S.-Mexico border than at this point in history.”
An increase in border enforcement has also meant an increase in civil rights violations, according to ACLU, including racial profiling and harassment of Hispanics.
“While ACLU affiliates recognize that it is the job of federal officials to enforce immigration law, it is equally important for the Administration to conduct a comprehensive evaluation of border enforcement needs prior to taking a step of this magnitude,” Gaubeca said. “Instead of conducting a true risk assessment, consulting with border communities, or focusing on how to better deploy and train currently deployed CBP agents, the Administration has chosen to simply throw more money at the problem and add to the already massive deployment of federal forces along the border.”
